Presentation to

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• Presentation to
• Second GOOS Regional Forum
• Fiji, February 7-9, 2004

T. Srinivasa Kumar Secretary IOGOOS
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• Socio-cultutal
• 1.5 Billion Population
• Heterogonous Cultural Heritage
• Mostly, Developing Nations
• Monsoon-dependant Agrarian Societies
• Fisheries-a Major Source livelihood

• Scientific
• A Driving Force for Monsoon
• Bi-annual Reversal of Monsoon Winds and Currents
• Indian Ocean Dipole Mode
• ENSO Tele-connection
• Maiden Julian Oscillations (30-40 days)
• Unique Laboratory for Process Studies

• Environmental
• Frequent Natural Hazards
• Greenhouse Gases
• Fresh Water Cap
• Anthropogenic Emissions

• Political
• More than 50 Nations around
• A Strategic Space
• Organs for Cooperation

The Indian Ocean A Perspective

• Institutional
• Real-time Data Dissemination Centres
• IODE Network
• A Few Centres of Excellence
• Capability and Capacity for Data Assimilation
  Modelling
• Need for Synergy Focus towards Service

• Economic
• Mostly, Developing Nations
• 16.5 of Worlds Fishing Area
• 40 of World's Off-shore Oil Production
• Major Shipping Routes
• Coastal Tourism as an Economic activity

• Technological
• Satellite System (Met, Com, RS)
• In-situ Observations, Argo
• Ocean Resources Exploitation
• Still under-observed

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The Evolution of IOGOOS

• SOCIO 2000-Sustained Observations of Climate in
  the Indian Ocean (November 13-15, 2000 at Perth)
• Indian Ocean Principals Meet (November 8-9, 2001
  in New Delhi)
• Indian Ocean Conference (November 4-9,2002 in
  Mauritius)

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Indian Ocean Conference (2002)

• 175 Participants from
• 24 Countries and 5 Intergovernmental/ Regional
  Organizations
• Themes addressed
• Ocean Dynamics Climate
• Basin Scale and Regional Scale Observations
• Coastal Ocean issues
• Habitat Biodiversity
• Sustainable Fisheries
• Coastal Erosion
• Data Management
• Satellite Oceanography
• IOGOOS Cruise (45 Days)
• Scientists from India Kenya, Mauritius,
  Seychelles, South Africa Sri Lanka

• IOGOOS launched formally on November 5, 2002
• First Annual meeting of IOGOOS held
• IOGOOS Officers elected
• Secretariat at INCOIS, India
• Action Plan prepared
• WAGOOS, GOOS-Africa, SEA-GOOS and IOGOOS
  interaction

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19 Member-Organizations from 11 Countries signed
the MoU on November 5, 2002(Australia, India,
Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique
Reunion, South Africa, Sri Lanka and USA)
Interaction on with potential Members
(Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives,
Myanmar Oman, Pakistan, Seychelles, Singapore,
Thailand)
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Present Members of IOGOOS

• Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• CSIRO-Marine Research, Australia
• Curtin University, Australia
• Indian National centre for Ocean Information
  Services (INCOIS), India
• National Institute of Oceanography, India
• National Institute of Ocean Technology, India
• Iranian National Centre for Oceanography, Islamic
  Republic of Iran
• Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute,
  Kenya
• University of La Reunion, La Reunion
• Institut Halieutique des Sciences Marine,
  University of Toliara, Madagascar

• Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Republic of
  Mauritius
• INAHINA, Mozambique
• Interim National Committee for IOGOOS, South
  Africa
• Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa
• University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• University of Natal, South Africa
• National Aquatic Resources Research and
  Development Agency, Sri Lanka
• IOC Perth Regional Programme Office, Australia
• NOAA, Office of Global Programmes, USA

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Objectives of IOGOOS

• Enhance Ocean Observing System in the Region
• Promote and Facilitate Management, Exchange and
  Utilisation of Ocean Data
• Promote Projects in Operational Oceanography and
  Ocean Services in the Region
• Capacity Building
• Research to support User Needs
• Synergies with other Ocean Programmes and
  Regional GOOS Bodies
• Contribute to International Planning and
  Promotion of GOOS

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Mechanism for coordination of GOOS

• Structure Chair, Officers, Secretary, Members
• Working Groups/Expert Groups on Specific Issues
• Joint CLIVAR/IOC Indian Ocean Panel
• Coastal Ocean Working group (Prawn Fisheries,
  Biodiversity, Coastal Erosion)
• Remote Sensing
• Ocean Data Information Management
• Annual Meetings
• Meetings and Workshops on specific Topics
• e-mails Web http//www.incois.gov.in/Incois/iogo
  os/home.jsp

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Coordination with other GOOS bodies

• Meetings
• Meeting of representatives of IOGOOS, WAGOOS,
  NEARGOOS and GOOS Africa during the Indian Ocean
  Conference in November 2002,
• Participation of Chair IOGOOS in the ODINAFRICA
  Review-cum-Planning meeting in September 2003
• IOC Perth Office
• GOOS Regional Forum
• GRAND

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Objective 1 Enhance Ocean Observing System

• IOGOOS Members/Agencies have active ocean
  observing programmes in the region
• Moorings (Data Buoys, Current Meters)
• Argo Array
• XBTs, Tide Gauges
• Research Vessels
• Satellite Systems
• Indian Ocean Panel on Climate-being set up
• For a comprehensive Ocean Observation Network and
  oversee the staged implementation of a
  Sustainable Ocean Observing System for the Indian
  Ocean
• Supported by CLIVAR and GOOS (through Indian
  Ocean GOOS and the Perth Office of the IOC)
• First Meeting of the Panel at Pune during
  February 18-20,2004

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Contribution to core elements of the Observing
System
Location of ongoing planned mooring lines in
the tropical Indian Ocean (Source Deliberations
of the Indian Ocean Conference (IOGOOS) as
reported in the paper Tropical Indian Ocean
mooring array Present status and future plans by
Y. Masumoto et. al.)
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Contributions to GOOS Pilot Projects - Argo
Status of Argo Floats deployed by various
Agencies in the Indian Ocean as on January 29,
2004 (Source INCOIS Website www.incois.gov.in)
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Objective 2 Promote and Facilitate Management,
Exchange and Utilisation of Ocean Data

• IOC Survey on Data Management Facilities in the
  Region (April-June 2003)
• 10 responses received from 7 countries
  (Australia, India, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar,
  Mauritius South Africa) in the region listing
  their current infrastructure future
  requirements
• IOGOOS Workshop on Capacity Building and Strategy
  for Ocean Data and Information Management held
  during December 8-10, 2003 at Hyderabad (30
  Participants from 13 Countries participated).
• Major Conclusions/Recommendations
• Substantial differences were revealed in data
  management capacity between various countries of
  the region
• Conduct a survey of the Indian Ocean Countries
• Start delivering products/services to IOGOOS
  Members on the Internet.
• Set up a data management working group /e-group
• IOGOOS Secretariat to act as the Data
  Information management Coordinator for the Indian
  Ocean Region
• IOGOOS Secretariat to make a proposal for setting
  up of a Regional Data Information Archive for
  the Indian Ocean
• Pursue capacity building initiatives for Ocean
  Data Information management

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Objective 3 Promote Projects in Operational
Oceanography and Ocean Services

• Marine Impact on Lowland Agriculture and Coastal
  Resources (MILAC)- A chain of Pilot Projects
• A Pilot Project for Indian Ocean Region
  MILAC-India being pursued
• A contribution to Natural Disaster Reduction by
  WMO Regional associations, Tropical Cyclone
  Programme, Technical Commissions and IOC-GOOS
  Regional Alliances
• For an increased understanding of the risk
  associated with Storm Surge Hazard in the Region
  from Tropical Cyclones
• Endorsed already by WMO Congress
• To be presented to IOC Executive Council in June
  2004

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Objective 4 Capacity
Building

• Capacity Building for Data and Information
  Management
• ODIN Cycle
• Data Assimilation and Modelling
• Empowering the Members for Data management and
  Generation of Services
• Strategy for Remote Sensing Capacity Building in
  the Indian Ocean Region for the next 5 years
• A Draft Document being prepared by a Team of
  Experts from the Region
• A Workshop to be held soon

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Objective 5 Research to support User Needs

• Coastal Prawn Fishery
• A Pilot Project on Development of Monitoring and
  Management systems for the shallow water Penaeid
  Prawn in the Indian Ocean was evolved during the
  Indian Ocean Conference in 2002
• Data and Information requirements and integration
  aspects addressed during November 25-26, 2003 at
  Perth by Experts from the Region
• Experts agreed to a draft pilot project plan
• Marine Biodiversity
• A Pilot Project on Multi-scale Monitoring and
  Mapping of Keystone Coastal Ecosystems of the
  Indian Ocean was evolved during Indian Ocean
  Conference in 2002
• Further deliberations during the Workshop on
  Marine Biodiversity held at Goa during December
  12-15, 2003-with support from IOC, CoML, POGO and
  Sloan Foundation
• Coastal Erosion
• Pilot Project on Monitoring Prediction of
  Coastal Shoreline Changes was evolved during
  Indian Ocean Conference in 2002. To be followed
  up.

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Objective 6 Synergies with other
Ocean Programmes and Regional GOOS Bodies

• Meetings
• Meeting of representatives of IOGOOS, WAGOOS,
  NEARGOOS and GOOS Africa during the Indian Ocean
  Conference in November 2002,
• Participation of Chair IOGOOS in the ODINAFRICA
  Review-cum-Planning meeting in September 2003
• IOC Perth Office
• GOOS Regional Forum
• GOOS Regional Alliances Networking Development
  (GRAND)
• Partners include EuroGOOS, MedGOOS, Black Sea
  GOOS, GOOS Africa, IOGOOS, NEARGOOS, PI-GOOS,
  SEAGOOS, etc.
• Work Packages and (Deliverables)
• Survey of the Needs and capabilities of GRAs
  (Regional Inventories on Ocean Monitoring and
  Forecasting Facilities)
• Empowerment of GRAs (Transfer of Expertise
  through Scientist Exchange Scheme to specialised
  Centres)
• Preparation of Regional Strategy for
  implementation of large scale Monitoring and
  Forecasting Network

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Objective 7 Contribute to
International Planning
and Promotion of GOOS

• IOGOOS is a Member of GOOS Regional Forum
• IOGOOS is an Observer in the Intergovernmental
  Committee on GOOS (I-GOOS)

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Requirements in the Region

• Inventory of the Observing Systems, Data and
  Experts in the Region
• Infrastructure for Observations, Data Handling
  and Exchange to be improved
• Expertise in Data Management, Data Assimilation
  Modelling
• Ocean Data and Information Networking
• Facilitate effective exchange of Data
• Improve Satellite Remote Sensing capability
• Form GOOS coordination committees at the National
  level

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Success Story

• Establishment of the Regional alliance in a
  heterogeneous region and the same being seen as a
  useful mechanism
• Activation of several joint efforts over the
  First year of its inception
• Increased participation in IOGOOS11 to 21
  countries some of them expressing willingness to
  join IOGOOS formally.

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IOGOOS Workshop and Second Annual Meeting

• Dates April 26-29, 2004
• Venue Colombo
• Host NARA

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Thank You